Intro
Verse 1:
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Well he came from Northern Ireland
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Searching for the free man's ground
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And he came to bet his fortune
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On a West Virginia plow
Verse 2:
Am C
He built a house of timber
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And raised a redhead son
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Then they worked the land together
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And prayed the rain would come
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There's a scarecrow in the garden
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That looks like Lucifer
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And I've been reading Revelations
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With my bare feet in the river
Verse 3:
Am C
Well the redhead's son got older
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And took a brown eyed wife
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And the fields were green as dollars
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Cause the dirt was black as night
Verse 4:
Am C
I came in late September
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The youngest one of three
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And my sisters off and married
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So the land was left to me
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There's a scarecrow in the garden
G Am
That looks like Lucifer
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And I've been reading Revelations
G Am
With my bare feet in the river
Verse 5:
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I know every single fencepost
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Every rock that goes around
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I've been staring at the red oak
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Where I know they'll lay me down
Verse 6:
Am C
The fields ain't what they once were
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The rains just seem to flood
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And I've been thinking about that river
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Wondering how it turned to blood
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I've been sitting here all morning
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I was sitting here all night
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There's a bible in my left hand
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And a pistol in my right